Great Britain

Patents

The British patent offices had a registration system not an examination system in the early aero period. Britain's "Statute of Monopolies enacted in 1623 rendered illegal all monopolies except those for a defined term of years; this forms the basis of modern patent law."[1]

Add information the the British patent offices, and rules. Draw from notes from Zorina Khan's extensive work here.

This wiki has 3,643 British patents and 1,192 patents filed by Britons.